Literature for the Tub

DarkIce · 03-29-2006, 12:14 AM

This is a look at literature from another perspective! Through the eyes of a child.
There are a couple of mommies and daddies on Gnet. Some are going to have a child for their first time this year. What will be the first books you want your children to see?

I wonder if it would be something like this? (Click the links to read the book)

Join the Tubby Buddies for oodles of bath time fun
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Splish-Splash-Splish
Quack-a-doodle-do

TwistedKitsune · 03-29-2006, 01:28 AM

I had a book like that when I was little, it was about this girl who swam to an island and met this big blue friendly monster and built a sand castle with it. Not only was it fun bathtime reading, but it was fun to chew on too!

I think it was, however, rather significantly better written than that...

DarkIce · 03-29-2006, 01:38 AM

*giggling*

Maybe you already had survived a few month on our planet. You don´t happen to remember the author of the book?

Oubliette · 03-29-2006, 11:54 AM

Oh man I saw this thread and thought "woah someone else who loves to read in the bath tub!" *sigh* Goodnight Moon is one of my all time favorite books.

DarkIce · 03-30-2006, 01:51 AM

Xng: Danke! This is a nice book.

Damn. I can´t remember the books some irish friends borrowed me, when I was child (didn´t seem important to memorize author and title at that age).

ennui · 04-03-2006, 02:26 AM

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sandek is a classic I would definitely want my child to have. Oh, and all of Dr. Suess's trippy books. Is it wrong to say Gashleycrumb Tinies? hehe. Oooo, I just remembered that short story, the Teeny Tiny Woman. Anyone, else ever read that? Mine was in a collection of illustrated short stories. My mom used to read it to me in this nutty voice. I loved it and it gave me the creeps a bit too. Yay books!

DarkIce · 04-03-2006, 04:39 AM

Ennui! What a name :-) Despite it, your input is welcome.

View the Gashlycrumb Tinies

Freaky book! I love it.

lena · 04-11-2006, 06:38 PM

For my kids the first books i chose were:

goodnight moon

guess how much I love you

and all the dr. suess books i could get my hands on.

Solumina · 04-11-2006, 07:21 PM

My favorite book from my childhood was Old Turtle but I also really liked, ok I still really like, dr suess

Icarian Decoding · 04-11-2006, 07:50 PM

I remember those!
Oh my, I loved those things. They were always soft and chewy.
The book I always used to read as a kid, almost religiously, was the Cat in the Hat. That book still makes me happy.

snapdragon · 04-11-2006, 11:50 PM

Oh boy, childhood memories. My favourite was always....actually, I'm missing so many chunks of my memory that I can't recall it. And I've been sitting here for at least ten minutes. But I do love Where the Wild Things Are. I think I took great joy in a book called the Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery.

A must have would be Green Eggs and Ham. XD

roserougesang · 04-12-2006, 05:38 AM

[quote=ennui]Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sandek is a classic I would definitely want my child to have. QUOTE]

I'd agree with you on that once, I loved that as a child. If I can clearly remember, there was a mini-movie on that which I also loved. Great recommendation ennui!

Oubliette · 04-12-2006, 07:44 AM

oh shit I forgot!

Harold and the Purple Crayon!

TwistedKitsune · 04-27-2006, 11:44 AM

I intend to get my children every bit as hooked on Fox in Socks as I was. My father was very busy instilling my love of ludicrous rhymes and word play at a very young age

chloegoth · 04-27-2006, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oubliette

oh shit I forgot!

Harold and the Purple Crayon!

My favorite color was (and still is) purple, so I loved that book.

I reccomend The Runaway Bunny (by the same author as Goodnight, Moon), and Duncan & Dolores. Both are excellent children's books.

Solumina · 04-27-2006, 12:10 PM

Looking for Atlantis is also a great book, kind of sad but good

Solumina · 04-27-2006, 12:11 PM

I loved Run Away bunny, My mom used to read it to me before bed

DarkIce · 04-28-2006, 12:55 PM

Der Struwwelpeter (1845) is a popular German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It is about fearful stories and vile pictures to instruct good little folks... Recommended reading :-)

Nike · 04-28-2006, 01:38 PM

The Wolves in the Walls - Neil Gaiman & Dave McKeen

Gave it to my cousin's children last Christmas, they loved it. (And I do, too)

http://www.mousecircus.com/witw/flash/witw_flash.html

Idoru · 04-28-2006, 03:53 PM

I remember my mother reading 'Pongwiffy' and the 'Mr Majeeka' books to me...she did all the voices, including 'Hugo zeee 'amster'.

My mother put up with/still puts up with a hell of a lot, but they are the only ones I can really remember apart from 'Meg and Mog'.

Hang on.....all my fave children's books have witches in them.......................

Hmmm....................

Blushing Heliophobe · 04-28-2006, 04:16 PM

So far this is what I have gotten for Connor because I had them...

Where the Wild Things Are
When You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Goodnight Moon
Pickles the FireCat
Golden Children's Bible
Charlotte's Web
Oh, The Places You'll Go
Love You Forever

And I plan on reading the Narnia Series to him, everyday, beginning with the 1 and ending with 7.

I wrote in the front of each book a little note telling him why I bought each one and dated it. My family got in on the act too, and I had them sign theirs.

I recieved Wind In The Willows, The Once and Future King, The Secret Garden, and Atlas Shrugged from family members as gifts growing up and still have them, notes and all. I treasure them more than the crappy cheap ass toys that I got and don't even remember anymore. I want my son to have books with my letters to him inside them, so he can share them with his own kids someday

DarkIce · 04-30-2006, 08:17 AM

BH, I love your idea of signing the books and noting additional info - must be great for later reviews. Have to adopt this technique.

Blushing Heliophobe · 04-30-2006, 11:28 PM

Thanks!

I was trying to think of ways to give him things that he'll actually be able to remember.

My mom wrote me a letter before I was born that she waited to let me read until I was 16. I want to do that as well.

DarkIce · 05-01-2006, 02:50 AM

That´s interesting. Hmmm. And how did you feel reading that letter after you turned 16?
Boy, I guess it would take me weeks to find the correct words for such a letter. How long was it anyway?

LEXX · 06-01-2006, 01:00 AM

There are a couple of mommies and daddies on Gnet. Some are going to have a child for their first time this year. What will be the first books you want your children to see?

The first book we bought for our Son was Calvin & Hobbes'There's Treasure Everywhere' you can tell he enjoys them from the fits of laughter coming down the stairs.

When I was a child his age I was forced to read (yes forced...as a punnishment by my foster parents for reaching over the dinner table for a slice of cake) 'Danny Champion Of The World'. and let me tell you, I did'nt laugh once. I fucking hated that book so bad it almost put me off eating for the rest of my life. Anyway, I left my foster parents and grew up ok(dispite there best efforts) Other books I read as a child all had one thing in common. They made me laugh. And I suppose as far as children are concerned thats what reading should be, having fun.